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Working in a 3D environment • Planning your project • The Co-ordinate Manager • Hot keys • Customising the interface • The View window • The 4th Dimension • Project settings
Modelling in Cinema 4D • The selection tools • The Active Tool Manager • Creating primitives • Creating splines • Creating spline primitives • Creating NURBS models • Using the construction tools • Using extrude, bevel and mirror • Selecting and positioning objects
Creating materials • Cartoon-like or photorealistic? • Material channels - colour and luminance - transparency - bump maps • Adding materials to complex models • Layering materials |
Creating textures • Image based maps • 2D and 3D textures • Editing existing textures
Lighting techniques • Creating depth with light • Key, fill and back lighting • Animating lights
Animation techniques • Camera angles • Traditional animation techniques • Key frames • Animating models • Animating cameras • Using the PowerSlider
Rendering • Using wireframe • Frames, fields and frame rates • Depth of field • Rendering tags
Finalising your project • Importing, merging and replacing scenes
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